Tuesday, December 27, 2005

"surprise"       [ghazal]

Can both joy & sadness bring     the same surprise?
what's the root of everything?         inane surprise
fluttering free in thought   is the butterfly's pastime!
but who of clay-wraught wings     sustains surprise?
to approach the edge of forebearance   limns a beginning
beyond that line   abide kings who attain surprise
the bee is industrious!           & the rose is salubrious!
that both of these might sting   were a strange surprise
it never had crossed my mind   I could fade on a footbridge
even granting         I'd failed to bring   a mundane surprise
when Ardeo perceived   he were lost in a darkling forest
he felt he might pluck some string     to exclaim surprise
do you listen indeed     for a song Ardeo could sing?
to remember you       is a thing   of arcane surprise


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